Differential Odour Coding of Isotopomers in the Honeybee Brain

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Paoli, Marco ^a   Anesi, Andrea ^a   Antolini, Renzo ^a   Guella, Graziano ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^a   Haase, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HONEYBEE; MICROSCOPY; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHOTON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRATION; AGONISTS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BEE; BRAIN MAPPING; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR;

BENZALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; DEUTERIUM; FRAGRANCE; INSECT PROTEIN; OCTANOL; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; BEES; BENZALDEHYDES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEUTERIUM; INSECT PROTEINS; OCTANOLS; ODORANTS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SMELL;

EID: 84959142671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21893     Document Type: Article

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